Angelina Jolie is secretly planning a lavish wedding for her and her lover Brad Pitt, it has been reported

The actress - who has been married twice before - is said to have secretly accepted Brad's marriage proposal, and is now organising a ceremony which will dwarf the actor's 2000 $1 million wedding to Jennifer Aniston.

A source told Grazia magazine: "Angelina has been reluctant to get married for a third time, for obvious reasons.

"Brad has been persistent and has now given in, but she wants the day to be really memorable. While she doesn't want it to be unnecessarily lavish, that's not her style, it will still be an event Hollywood will never forget.

"She also wants their children to see it as a huge celebration of her and Brad's love for them. The daytime part of the celebration will be for the kids, with clowns and balloons and fire-eaters. But then the real party will begin in the evening."

Angelina - who has three adopted children, Maddox, five, Pax Thien, three and Zahara, two, and a biological daughter with Brad, one-year-old Shiloh - is to start looking at dates and venues in the autumn.

While Brad and Jennifer served lobster at their nuptials seven years ago, Angelina is said to be keen on hiring a celebrity chef to specially create a dish for the event.

The source added: "The wedding could end up being twice the size of the one Brad had with Jennifer."

Brad, 43, was still married to Jennifer when he met Angelina on the set of their action movie 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith'.

Angelina was previously married to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton.